Using Corps of Engineers' Reservoirs for Water Supply
This paper provides an historical overview of the Corps of Engineers (COE) authority in the water supply arena and discusses the methodologies and procedures used to reallocate storage...
Managing Two Lakes with Significant Tailwater Fisheries
Norfork and Bull Shoals Dams on the White River in Arkansas were constructed in 1944 and 1951, respectively. The authorized purposes were for flood control, hydropower generation, and...
Simulation of a Surface Water Allocation System
This paper outlines the water rights system in Texas and a newly developed computer simulation program for modeling this system. In addition, an overview of a river basin simulation using...
History of Geographic Information Systems, with Applications in Water Resources Planning and Management
Elements of computerized spatial analysis have been used in water resources since the mid '60s, and sophisticated and complex systems incorporating geographic information...
The Present of GIS
A review of geographic information systems (GIS) as a spatial database is presented. Computer aided design and relational database features of GIS are explained, as well as possible types...
GIS In Water Resources in the Year 2000
This paper presents a look at what the geographic information system (GIS) technology, as applied to water resources, may look like in the year 2000. It presents a description of what...
Administration of the Pecos River Compact Between New Mexico and Texas
The Pecos River Compact specifies the allocation of water between New Mexico and Texas. Due to difficulty in reaching agreement Texas sued New Mexico in the Supreme Court. The Court issued...
Water for Houston: The Wallisville Case
The multipurpose Wallisville project included an industrial water supply for Houston. The project was nearly 70 percent complete when environmentalists succeeded in stopping construction...
Stormwater Management Planning for the Rush Creek Watershed, Arlington, Texas
Persistent planning focused through the City of Arlington and a Citizen Stormwater Management Implementation Committee has initiated the developed of a City stormwater management program...
Lake Zephyr Watershed Stormwater Management Plan
Zephyr Creek, located near the City of Zephyrhills in west-central Florida, annually experiences flooding caused by rainfall. Development has encroached into the floodplain causing homes,...
Nonpoint Source Runoff and Urban Water Management
Urban nonpoint source pollution can be viewed from physiochemical, source, and impact perspectives. These and its dependence upon runoff pose important problems for pollution control management,...
Impacts of EPA Storm Water Regulations on the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
New storm water discharge permit application regulations proposed by EPA will have a significant impact on municipalities across the nation. Cities in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex are...
Application of a GIS to Storm Water Quality Monitoring
Integration of an ARC/INFO geographic information system (GIS) with hydrodynamic water quality models (HEC-1 and HEC-5Q) helps quantify the water quality impacts of urban storm water runoff....
Tucson, Arizona's 110-Year Water Resources Plan
The desert community of Tucson, Arizona, has just completed a state-mandated 110-year water supply plan. The plan includes conjunctive use of local groundwater and surface water imported...
A Methodology for Analyzing Alternative Reservoir Sizing, Shortage, and Operating Criteria
The Bureau of Reclamation's shifting emphasis from a construction oriented agency to a water management agency has initiated the development of analytical tools for estimating...
Cranes Roost Lake Level Management Project
An internally drained water body has historically experienced a wide range of lake level elevations due to its function as a regional aquifer recharge area, and due to the urbanized nature...
Real-Time Optimized Control of a Water Distribution System
The paper presents the design of a fully automated real-time computer control scheme for least cost operation of a water distribution system. The scheme includes modules for optimized...
Telemetry Data Considerations in Water Systems Control
The installation of increasingly sophisticated telemetry systems for data collection within the water supply and distribution networks has progressed rapidly in recent years. This has...
The Impact of the Morris Sheppard Dam Experience on Buttress Dam Safety Evaluations
The stability problems encountered at the Morris Sheppard Dam have had an impact upon the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) dam safety program. This paper describes...
Morris Sheppard Dam: A Rational Approach to Stability Analysis
This paper details the excessive foundation piezometric conditions found during a routine five-year inspection, and presents the results of backfigured stability analysis of a critical...
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